Determining Prostate Cancer and Lifestyle Practices Among African American SDA and Non-SDA Men

摘要

African-American (A-A) men have the highest rates of prostate cancer in the world. The incidence of prostate cancer for A-A men is 37% higher than Whites and the death rate for A-A men is three times higher than that of the general population. The purpose of the project was to determine whether lifestyle or ethnicity or the combination of both is a reason for excess mortality from prostate cancer for African-Americans. The project was divided into 2 phases. Phase I involved (1) training a cadre of A-A for epidemiological studies and (2) developing survey instruments for assessment of lifestyle and screening, and risk for prostate cancer among A-A men. Both activities have been done successfully. This was the approved statement of work. Phase II (not part of approved statement of work), is to perform the survey using the new survey instruments, starting with a pilot project of a stratified, randomly selected target A-A population.